Information for Radio Amateurs
This page is dedicated to the amateur radio community and lists information related to our SONATE-2 mission.
Please contact sonate-2@uni-wuerzburg.de for any questions regarding SONATE-2 amateur radio operations.
Two Line Elements (TLE) for SONATE-2
The official NORAD-ID of SONATE-2 is 59112 and its international deignator is 2024-043Q. Current TLE information can also be found on the CelesTrak website.
[Updated 20.03.2024]
SONATE 2
1 59112U 24043Q 24079.48337772 .00008819 00000+0 46062-3 0 9990
2 59112 97.4643 204.5389 0015073 244.9301 115.0367 15.16043129 2202
Radio Links
CW beacon:
A few minutes after separation a beacon transmitting the satellite's callsign DP0SNX will be activated.
Frequency: 145.840 MHz
Modulation: Morse code CW (A1A)
Interval: 30 sec
Telemetry downlink:
During passes over our ground stations in Germany the telemetry downlink will be activated.
Frequency: 437.025 MHz
Modulation: 9k6 G3RUH GMSK (F1D)
Protocol: AX.25
The protocol format used for encoding the telemetry frames can be found >>here<<.
Recorded AX.25 frames can be forwarded to sonate-2@uni-wuerzburg.de
After commissioning of the satellite, the amateur radio payloads will be activated. Their activation will be announced on our Twitter account https://twitter.com/JMUSpace/. Planned are the following:
SSTV downlink:
Regular downlink of images captured by the on-board cameras
Frequency: 145.880 MHz
Modulation: Martin M1 SSTV FM (F3F)
TX Power: 500mW
APRS digipeater: (Updated 26.07.2024)
APRS digipeater in half-duplex operation. Digipeater is only active when published >>>here<<<. When activated, it will transmit a greeting message every 2 minutes. Make sure to include SONATE-2 callsign DP0SNX in the APRS route.
Frequency: 145.825 MHz Up/Down
Modulation: 1k2 AFSK (F2D)
Protocol: AX.25
TX Power: 500mW
APRS Digipeater Schedule
APRS Digipeater Schedule (last Update: 26.07.2024)
APRS Digipeater is enabled from 26.07.2024 16:00 to 29.07.2024 00:00 (short break 27.07.2024 12:00-12:30)
(All times are UTC)
Please contact sonate-2@uni-wuerzburg.de for any questions regarding SONATE-2 amateur radio operations.
SSTV Schedule
SSTV Transmission Schedule (last Update: 05.07.2024)
SSTV weekend 2024 05 .-08.07.2024
(All times are UTC)
Please contact sonate-2@uni-wuerzburg.de for any questions regarding SONATE-2 amateur radio operations.
SSTV 05.-08.07.2024 | |||
(All times are UTC) | |||
Australia | |||
(Central/West) | (East+NZ) | ||
06/07/2024 04:18:00 | 06/07/2024 02:46:00 | ||
08/07/2024 03:47:00 | 07/07/2024 02:31:00 | ||
08/07/2024 02:14:00 | |||
Asia | |||
(South East) | (East) | (Central, India) | (Middle East) |
06/07/2024 05:46:00 | 05/07/2024 16:29:00 | 06/07/2024 08:49:00 | 06/07/2024 10:24:00 |
07/07/2024 05:27:00 | 06/07/2024 16:13:00 | 07/07/2024 08:34:00 | 07/07/2024 10:07:00 |
08/07/2024 05:14:00 | 07/07/2024 15:58:00 | 08/07/2024 08:18:00 | 08/07/2024 09:53:00 |
Europe | |||
(West) | (East) | ||
06/07/2024 02:04:00 | 05/07/2024 22:54:00 | ||
06/07/2024 15:04:00 | 06/07/2024 22:38:00 | ||
07/07/2024 01:47:00 | 07/07/2024 11:38:00 | ||
07/07/2024 14:48:00 | 07/07/2024 22:22:00 | ||
North America | |||
(West) | (Central) | (East) | (Hawaii) |
05/07/2024 21:41:00 | 05/07/2024 20:08:00 | 05/07/2024 18:33:00 | 06/07/2024 11:25:00 |
06/07/2024 21:25:00 | 06/07/2024 08:21:00 | 06/07/2024 06:46:00 | 07/07/2024 12:43:00 |
06/07/2024 19:51:00 | 06/07/2024 18:17:00 | ||
07/07/2024 08:05:00 | 07/07/2024 06:29:00 | ||
07/07/2024 21:11:00 | 07/07/2024 19:35:00 | ||
08/07/2024 07:50:00 | 08/07/2024 06:13:00 | ||
South America | |||
05/07/2024 17:14:00 | |||
06/07/2024 16:57:00 | |||
07/07/2024 16:41:00 |
![Impression of the VHF/UHF groundstation antennas during preparation for the SONATE-2 launch. (Image: O.Balagurin) Impression of the VHF/UHF groundstation antennas during preparation for the SONATE-2 launch. (Image: O.Balagurin)](/fileadmin/10030800/2024/photo_2024-02-19_10-30-07.jpg)
LEOP Phase
The launch of SONATE-2 was planned with the Transporter 10 mission with a Falcon 9 for March 4, 2024 at 23:05 (CET).
SONATE-2 was successfully deployed from the launcher at approx. 23:59 (CET) on 04.03.2024. All important milestones up to the first pass are shown in the figure below. A Ticker of all events during the launch an LEOP Phase can be read up here:
Liveticker SONATE-2 LEOP (Link)
Simulation of the first 3 orbits of SONATE-2 after deployment. (Image: T.Neumann)